vulpinus
Latin
Alternative forms
- volpīnus
Etymology
From vulpēs (“fox”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wulˈpiː.nus/, [wʊɫˈpiː.nʊs]
Adjective
vulpīnus (feminine vulpīna, neuter vulpīnum); first/second declension
- fox (attributive)
- vulpine
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vulpīnus | vulpīna | vulpīnum | vulpīnī | vulpīnae | vulpīna | |
| Genitive | vulpīnī | vulpīnae | vulpīnī | vulpīnōrum | vulpīnārum | vulpīnōrum | |
| Dative | vulpīnō | vulpīnae | vulpīnō | vulpīnīs | vulpīnīs | vulpīnīs | |
| Accusative | vulpīnum | vulpīnam | vulpīnum | vulpīnōs | vulpīnās | vulpīna | |
| Ablative | vulpīnō | vulpīnā | vulpīnō | vulpīnīs | vulpīnīs | vulpīnīs | |
| Vocative | vulpīne | vulpīna | vulpīnum | vulpīnī | vulpīnae | vulpīna | |
Descendants
- English: vulpine
- French: vulpin
- Italian: volpino
- Old Italian: volpigno
- Portuguese: vulpino
- Spanish: vulpino
References
- vulpinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vulpinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette